DIRECTORY.] 39 . [HANTS.] • ,A PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Seymour Admiral Sir Miehae1, G.C.B., COMMERCIAL. Barnes Capt. AlOOrt, Hook cottag~ J.P. Cadlington Borrow Alfred, brick &; tile ma. Padnoll Knighton Sir William Wellesley, bart. Ward Rev. Edward Langton, M.A. Gale Richard, farmer, Pyle farm J.P. Blendwortb lodge [rector], Rectory Goldsmith James, farmer, Blendwortb Padwick J oseph Whitestone Mrs. Myrtle cottage farm

BOARHUNT is a small parish, in the Southern division Imemory, and records the battle of Trafalgar. Fort Nelson ofthe county, hundred of Portsdown, Fareham union and is extensive, and capable of sustaining guns of the largest­ petty sessional division, Portsmouth county court district, calibre: it holds 200 men, and forms one ofthe hill defences< diocese and archdeaconry of Winchester, and rural deanery Iof Portsmouth harbour. The view from Portsdown is very of Droxford, south-western division, 3 miles north-east f!'Om fine, overlooking Portsmouth harbour, its shipping, the Fareham station, 8 north from Gosport, and 80 from London. towns of Portsmouth, Gosport aud Fareham, and ~he Isle The church of St. Nicholas is a plain structure, with of Wight with the Channel. Thomas Thistlewayte, esq.,. small belfry containing 1 bell. The register dates from the is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is loam year 1682. The living is a donative, consolidated with and clay; subsoil, chalk and clay. The area is 2,005 acres; Southwick, in the presentation of Thomas Thistlewayte, gross estimated rental, £2,200; rateable value, £2,000; the esq., and lleld by the Rev. Henry Nele Loring, M.A., of I population in 1871 was 27I. Exeter College, Oxford, who resides at Southwick. At North 1 Parish Clerk, Thomas Horton. Boarhunt is a Wesleyan chapel. On Portsdown is a monn- ment to Lord Nelson, which serves as a landmark ~ it con- , sists of a stone column auout ]20 feet hig-h, having a bust' I, Letters through Fareham, which is the nearestmoney order: of Nelson on the summit, and bears an inscription to his office Adames William, farmer, Aspley Down Crook Godfrey, farmer, Quag farm Gadd Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper farm Crook Thomas, market gardener Harris Alfred, farmer, Pound farm Aslett George, farmer, Lodge farm Crook William, carpenter Nobes Henry, farmer, Ashlands Bailey Walter, miller Faithful Edward, farmer Parrett Richard, blacksmith Carver \Villiam, farmer, Manor farm Filder George, farmer Russell Thomas, farmer Crook Arthur, farmer Foot Edward, market gardener Stiggant John, market gardener

BOLDRE is a very extensive parish, extending into the Pilley tithing is 2 miles south-west from the church, , a mile and a halfsouth-eastfrom and separated from by the Boldre or Lymington station, 9n miles from London, 1n south-west from South­ water. Here is an endowed school, which was founded by ampton, and 2 north from Lymington, and comprises the the Rev. William Gilpin (a former vicar), for the education tithings of PILLEY and WARBORNE, , and clothing of 20 boys and 20 girls, being the children of BATTRAMSLEY, , EAST BOLD RE, poor labourers of the parish. Here is also a mixed school and SwAY (South Baddesley and Sway will be found in this of from 70 to 80 children, solely supported by the present work under separate headings); it is in the Southern divi­ vicar, and lately placed under Government inspection. The I sion ofthecounty, union, pettysessional division and county Charity Commissioners have a new scheme in respect of court district of Lymington, partlyin the east division of the these schools. hundred of New Forest Bnd partly in the hundred of Christ­ Letters through Lymington, wlJich is the nearest money church, diocese and arehdeaconry of Winches1er, and rural order office deanery of Fordinl:1;bridge eastern division. The church of St. John, which was restored in 1855, is a very ancient stone SCHOOLS :- • structure in the Early English style, with 1I.10w square em­ Gilpin's Foundation, Thomas Twig~e, master battled tower, which was partly rebuiltin 1697 : it contains, Rev. C. Shrubb's Church of , Miss Elizabeth in the belfry, a piscina, in good preservation; also a fine J ohnson, mistress monumental bust, in alabaster, ofJohn Kempe, esq., who rl!­ Infant, Boldre presented theborough ofLymingtoninthe reign ofCharles 1. 'fhe churchyard is a picturesque spot, with a maple tree of , 5 miles east from Lymington, is an ec­ unusual size. The register dates from the year 1560. The .clesiastical parish, formed in 1840 from the of living is a discharged vicarage, annual value .£300, in the Boldre; it is in the Southern division of the county, New giftof~ and held by, the Rev. CharlesSbrubb, M.A., of Exeter Forest hundred~ Lymington union and county court district, College, Oxford. At Boldre is an infant school, supported and inthe rural deanery of Fawley, archdeaconry and diocese by subscription. Warborne is the seat of David Jones, esq., of Winchester. The church of St. Paul, built in 1839, is a, and Vicar's Hill House, theresidence of Edward J. Pember, small brick edifice in the Early English style; it will accom­ esq. Boldre Grange is a spacious residence, lately built by modate 250 persons; the seats are all free. The register John Lane Shrubb, esq., commanding a lovely prospect of dates from the year 1840. The living is a vicarage, yearly tile river Lymington and the 801ent. The principal land­ value £100, in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester, and owners are Sir Harry Paul Burrard, bart., John Morant, held by the Rev. Joseph Wiat Gunning, M.A., of Queen's esq., David Jones, esq., H. W. Askew, esq., John Lane College, Cambridge. The Crown is lord of the manor and Shrubb, esq., Rev. A.J. Knapton, and E. H. Pembel"', esq. principal landowner. The Independents, Baptists and Pri­ The soil is clay and loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops mitive Methodists have chapels here. The soil is mostly are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 12,095 acres of land loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, &c. The and 1,175 water and foreshore; rateable value, £10,581; population in 1871 was 650. the population in 1871 was 2,881. Parish Clerk, Edmund J envey. . -- • Walhampton is a suburb of Lymington, in Boldre Letters through Southampton, via Beaulieu. The nearest. money order office is at Beaulieu parish, and within the parliamentary borough of Lyming­ ton. Walhampton House is the seat of Sir Harry Paul Bur­ JJfi:r:edSchool, l\lrs. Giles, mistress rard, bart., J.P., who is lord of the manor and principal CARRIER TO SOUTHAMPTON.-George Wilkins, tuesday, landowner. thursday &; saturday

Boldre. I Jenvey Charles, builder Walhampton. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Jones Thomas, carpenter, Portmore Burrard Sir Harry Paul, bart. J.P. Drummond Miss, Riversdale Mew Charles, farmer, Heywood Walhampton house Elers Rev. Edwd.Hy.Vicar's Hill lodge Shepard Joseph, blacksmith, Portmore Burrard Lady, Walhampton cottage Knapton Re~. Augustus James, M.A., Woodman Sftmuel, farmer,Sandy down Gilbert J oseph Miles J.P. Boldre hill Worthy William, Red Lion Inman James Mair -, Rope hill Mew George Moens W. J. C. Tweed Battramsley. RookeMrs Pember Edward J. Vicar's Hill house Brown W. H. M Tudor Captain, The Warren Shrubb Rev. Charles, l\I.A. [vicar], Clol!e Col. Granville, R.E. St. Austens Waterman William Vicar's hill Murden John, Leicester villa Weld Joseph, J.P. The lodge Shrubb John Lane, Boldre grange Sweet Edward David, Battramsley ho COMMERCIAL. COMMERCIAL. co.MlUUI.ClAL.. Dadds Joseph, farmer Butt l\Iary (.~'!r8.), miller &; farmer Arnold J ames, farmeJ: Downer Jawes, farmer Cull Charles, blacksmith White Eliza {Mn.),. Ne'ItJ inn Downer Thomas, farmer